2016–17 Sunshine Tour

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The 2016–17 Sunshine Tour was the 17th season of professional golf tournaments since the southern Africa based Sunshine Tour was relaunched in 2000, and the 10th since the tour switched a calendar based season in 2007. It marked a return to a multi-year schedule, the first since the 2006–07 Sunshine Tour season, and ended in March 2017. The Sunshine Tour represents the highest level of competition for male professional golfers in the region.

The tour is based predominantly in South Africa with other events being held in neighbouring countries, including Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Zambia and Mauritius.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the schedule of events for the 2016–17 Sunshine Tour season.

Prize funds shown do not count directly towards the Order of Merit. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of official money Sunshine Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Sunshine Tour members.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(R) 		Winner OWGR
points 		Other
tours[a] 		Notes
10 Jan BMW SA Open Gauteng 15,000,000 South Africa Brandon Stone (2) 32 EUR Flagship event
17 Jan Joburg Open Gauteng 16,500,000 South Africa Haydn Porteous (1) 19 EUR
14 Feb Tshwane Open Gauteng 18,500,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (9) 19 EUR
21 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 5,000,000 South Africa George Coetzee (8) 14
28 Feb Eye of Africa PGA Championship Gauteng 1,200,000 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (14) 14
12 Mar Investec Cup North West 10,000,000 South Africa Haydn Porteous (2) n/a
17 Apr Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open Zimbabwe 1,800,000 South Africa Lyle Rowe (2) 14
24 Apr Zambia Sugar Open Zambia 1,500,000 Sweden Christofer Blomstrand (1) 14
7 May Investec Royal Swazi Open Swaziland 1,400,000 South Africa Titch Moore (10) 14
15 May AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000 South Korea Wang Jeung-hun (n/a) 17 ASA, EUR
22 May Lombard Insurance Classic Swaziland 1,200,000 South Africa Merrick Bremner (5) 4
5 Jun KCM Zambia Open Zambia 2,000,000 South Africa Jaco Ahlers (4) 14
30 Jul Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Wild Coast Sun 		KwaZulu-Natal 700,000 Zambia Madalitso Muthiya (1) 4
6 Aug Sun City Challenge North West 700,000 South Africa Oliver Bekker (4) 7
20 Aug Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Arabella 		Western Cape 700,000 South Africa Vaughn Groenewald (5) 4
26 Aug KwaZulu-Natal 700,000 South Africa Jaco Ahlers (5) 4
10 Sep Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Sishen 		Northern Cape 700,000 South Africa (4) 4
23 Sep Gauteng 700,000 South Africa (3) 4
1 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Simola 		Western Cape 700,000 South Africa Justin Harding (5) 4
8 Oct Eastern Cape 700,000 South Africa (4) 4
14 Oct Eastern Cape 700,000 South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout (1) 4
22 Oct Vodacom Origins of Golf
at Euphoria 		Gauteng 700,000 South Africa Jaco Ahlers (6) 7
28 Oct KwaZulu-Natal 700,000 South Africa Peter Karmis (3) 7
5 Nov Vodacom Origins of Golf Final Eastern Cape 700,000 Zimbabwe (1) 4
27 Nov Lion of Africa Cape Town Open Western Cape 1,500,000 South Africa Jacques Kruyswijk (1) 14
4 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship Mpumalanga €1,200,000 South Africa Brandon Stone (3) 32 EUR Flagship event
15 Jan BMW SA Open Gauteng 15,000,000 England Graeme Storm (n/a) 26 EUR
12 Feb Eye of Africa PGA Championship Gauteng 1,500,000 South Africa Erik van Rooyen (1) 14
19 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am Western Cape 5,050,000 Scotland Paul Lawrie (n/a) 14
26 Feb Joburg Open Gauteng 16,500,000 South Africa Darren Fichardt (15) 19 EUR
5 Mar Tshwane Open Gauteng 18,500,000 South Africa Dean Burmester (7) 19 EUR
  1. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

Order of Merit[]

This shows the final Order of Merit leaders.

Rank Player Prize money (R)
1 South Africa Brandon Stone 7,384,889
2 South Africa Dean Burmester 5,955,793
3 South Africa Darren Fichardt 3,303,541
4 South Africa Haydn Porteous 3,277,711
5 South Africa Zander Lombard 3,021,640

Full list

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